The median monthly mortgage payment has fallen more than $100 over the last month as rates dropped from 8% to 7.3%. Buyers are acting on the good news: Mortgage-purchase applications increased 4% this week to their highest level in six weeks. This week has brought some hopeful news for homebuyers,...
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United States Real Estate Appraisal Market Insights and Forecast (2023-2028)
Increasing Adoption of Remote Online Notarization and Digital Real Estate Transactions The "US Real Estate Appraisal Market: Insights and Forecast (2023-2028)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The US real estate evaluation market has seen significant changes in recent...
Opportunity Zone Housing Markets Continue To Keep Up With Broader Price Gains Across Nation In Third Quarter
Median Home Values Increase in Majority of Opportunity Zones Targeted for Economic Redevelopment Around U.S.; Price Trends Inside Zones Continue to Roughly Match Broader Market Patterns; Opportunity Zone Home Values Again Improve Slightly More Than Elsewhere ATTOM, a leading curator of land,...
Economy Expected to Slow in 2024, Rebound in 2025
Home Sales Likely to Weaken in Near Term but Bottom Out Early Next Year Economic growth remains likely to decelerate and ultimately result in a mild recession in 2024, followed by a return to growth in 2025, according to the November 2023 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and...
Redfin Reports Pending Home Sales Rise to Highest Level in a Year
New listings were near their six-month high in October, helping drive an increase in pending sales, though buyers backed out of deals at the highest rate on record. The recent drop in mortgage rates could give sales another boost in November. U.S. pending home sales rose 1% month over month in...
TOP 20 CITIES FOR STEM JOB GROWTH ANNOUNCED IN RCLCO’S 2023 ANNUAL STEMdex
Austin, Denver, Seattle, Raleigh, and D.C. top the list of cities with the most momentum for STEM job growth Leading real estate advisory firm RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, announced the results of their 2023 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), which projects which metropolitan areas will have the...
RE/MAX National Housing Report for October 2023
Inventory Grows While Declines in Sales, New Listings Soften Seasonal declines in home sales and new listings softened in October while inventory grew for a seventh consecutive month across the 53 metro areas surveyed. Home sales dropped 4.6% from September to October, far less than the 13.5%...
Bright MLS October Housing Report: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Last Year
Market activity tracking closely to 2022 levels There were 18,331 new pending sales in the Mid-Atlantic in October, just 3.2% lower than October 2022. The year-over-year difference is the smallest recorded in 2023. New listings were also noticeably closer than the 20-30% gap seen in most...
Multifamily Rents Fall Again in October
Rents fell for the second consecutive month to a national average $1,718 Multifamily fundamentals continued to soften and impact rents last month, according to the latest Yardi® Matrix National Multifamily Report. The average U.S. asking rent dropped $3 to $1,718 in October,...









